The phrase "a body capable of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an entity or individual that has the ability or potential to perform a specific action or function.
Example: "The research focused on developing a body capable of withstanding extreme temperatures."
Alternatives: "an entity able to" or "a being equipped to".
"In youth, it lies in the possession of a body capable of enduring all kinds of contests... while the young man is himself a pleasant delight to behold").
("Each age has its own beauty," Aristotle wrote. "In youth, it lies in the possession of a body capable of enduring all kinds of contests... while the young man is himself a pleasant delight to behold").
From the 2008 television movie, which was spun off the 1980s series, comes this new series about KITT, the supercharged Mustang equipped with a weapons system, a body capable of transforming into other vehicles, artificial intelligence brainy enough to hack into almost any system and the voice of Val Kilmer.
One of Kepler's decisive innovations in his MC is that he replaced the "mean Sun" of Copernicus with the real Sun, which was no longer merely a geometrical point but a body capable of physically influencing the surrounding planets.
An essential feature of the intellective soul is its natural desire and inclination (appetitus et inclinatio naturalis) to be united to a body capable of sensation (as it "hates" being separated from it; DOS 358).
When the objector wonders why the demons might not in fact be real, Vasubandhu appeals to karma theory: Any being with sufficient merit sufficient "good karma to generate a body capable of withstanding the painful fires of hell would never be born into hell in the first place.
Preliminary roundtables have taken place between key stakeholders, with a view to setting up a global body capable of imposing a uniform set of standards on a world currently hamstrung by its commitment to autonomy.
More usefully, if the conducting sphere is momentarily connected to the Earth (which acts as a large body capable of supplying charge to the sphere without suffering a change in its own potential), the required charge −1 flows to set up this field pattern.
The interior ministry played a major role because an independent body capable of investigating police abuses has not yet been formed.
(The term "vegetative" was proposed in 1972, by Bryan Jennett, a neurosurgeon, and Fred Plum, a neurologist, who chose it based on a definition in the O.E.D: "an organic body capable of growth and development but devoid of sensation and thought").
For a few minutes last week, Paul Ryan, the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, sounded like someone who hoped to push the chamber closer to its role as a legislative body capable of legislating and of getting past the speed bumps (or potholes) of disruptive insiders like the Freedom Caucus and outsiders like Senator Ted Cruz.
